Name that Song
 

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I don't know why, but this has been nagging at me for weeks...

About 15 years ago I had to analyse the inner meaning of the lyrics during an English Class!

It's a song based around a tramp/baggar/blind man, and the fact that people walk on by as he is seemingly invisible. Possibly involving a business woman, perhaps also shoes. And New York?

Plenty of Googling has not found it...my memory is hazy and perhaps I'm not looking for the right terms...

I'm sure it was pretty popular at the time so an easy task for you lot 🙂


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:38 am
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Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins. Which is terrible.

Or Mr Wendal by Arrested Development. Which isn't terrible.

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Posted : 27/01/2015 9:44 am
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Kirsty MacColl - Walking down Madison?


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:46 am
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This, maybe...

Edit : Though the above ain't about New York, mate, it's Laaandaaan. 🙂


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:47 am
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Is it Smack my bitch up by The Prodigy?


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:50 am
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It is indeed Another Day in Paradise...bit of a let down!

Oh well 🙂


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:52 am
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bit of a let down

No shit but easy to see why you'd forget...


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:53 am
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School must have been a very traumatic experience for you. That's just cruel.


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 9:56 am
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they should have chosen this one;


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 10:01 am
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Haha, we studied that Ralph McTell song in English when I were at school 🙂


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 10:04 am
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Traumatic? I think we listened to it about 10 times, during which there was a huge amount of pausing and rewinding whilst we were split into groups to discuss the inner meaning of the lyrics 🙂

I'm now wondering if it was drama as I'm sure we had to do some practical things... Shudder


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 6:02 pm
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I don't think '...[i]Paradise[/i]' is a [i]bad[/i] song, it's just that coming from Phil Collins it just doesn't ring true.
Now, if Richard Thompson or Martin Carthy had written or sung it...


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 6:14 pm
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Posted : 27/01/2015 6:31 pm
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Hmmm. Can't set it to play at the right moment. Weep openly at [url=


 
Posted : 27/01/2015 6:40 pm

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